I took a lot of long summer road trips with my dad, and the mix of music we listened to on the road skipped around from classical to Western to new age to hyper-cinematic. — Alex Ebert Copy Share Image
Hip hop was definitely, far and away, the primary influence for at least 10 years of my life. From about 7 or 8 on till about 15 or 16, that's all I listened to. — Alex Ebert Copy Share Image
Physical pain is problematic because it's very difficult to transcend that. Sometimes you're just in physical pain, and that's a bummer. Even then, there… — Alex Ebert Copy Share
Berlin would be a great place to have no cell phone, I think. Especially if you were able to live in a central location. — Alex Ebert Copy Share
From about 5 years old on, I was very contemplative and started to become constantly filled with nostalgia for the present moment and the… — Alex Ebert Copy Share
I took a lot of long summer road trips with my dad, and the mix of music we listened to on the road skipped… — Alex Ebert Copy Share
I think Edward Sharpe's music is counter-cultural music in the strangest sense where you have a time now where love, optimism, hope and community… — Alex Ebert Copy Share
The goal is to be free and hopeful in the music. Because that's really the only intention you need. From there, every natural and… — Alex Ebert Copy Share
For me, it's very childish to tour on a train. And I think that's a powerful quality, to inspire childishness. — Alex Ebert Copy Share
The album is a thing that you can hang out with between shows. I think that it's really nice to give people something they… — Alex Ebert Copy Share
I'm pretty freelance. A freelance meditator. I float from one thing to the other. — Alex Ebert Copy Share
What makes me deeply vulnerable? Probably the thing I suffer most from and have the most uncontrollable reactions from is still social anxiety. — Alex Ebert Copy Share
For the better part of my life, I was always trying to manufacture somehow what I would consider 'living.' Because I grew up sort… — Alex Ebert Copy Share
I think fun is one of the best gifts we can give to each other. If everyone was having fun we'd be in good… — Alex Ebert Copy Share
When you're in pain, you're genuinely very, very alive, and that's beautiful. Especially emotional pain. — Alex Ebert Copy Share
